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Greater Binghamton Chamber celebrates 2023 Building BC Award winners
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce awarded its 2023 Building BC Awards at its annual economic forecast event on Feb. 14. This year’s Building BC Innovative Award — which recognizes a product, project, or service that thinks outside the box — went to McIntosh Labs. Founded in 1951, the Binghamton company produces […]

Rome Health unveils plans for four new operating rooms
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Health will receive $26 million in funding from the New York State Department of Health Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program III to support its construction of an addition to house new operating rooms to modernize the hospital’s surgical services. The hospital is building four new operating rooms to replace ones

Mohawk Valley Brownfields Developer Summit set for April
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The second annual Mohawk Valley Brownfields Developer Summit, set for April 25-26 at Herkimer County Community College, continues the collaborative efforts between economic-development agencies across the six counties of the Mohawk Valley and Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, Inc. (MVEDD). The event provides developers an in-person chance to network, explore, and invest

Family Planning of South CNY opens in Cortland
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Family Planning of South Central New York announced that it opened a new “state-of-the-art” medical center on Feb. 15 in Cortland. The center, which is Family Planning’s sixth in central New York, is located within the Family & Children’s Counseling Services facility at 165 Main St. in the city’s downtown. Operating four

Broome County executive lays out agenda in State of the County address
ENDWELL, N.Y. — Broome County Executive Jason Garnar highlighted recent success in the county and laid out his agenda for the coming year at his

State awards Oswego Health nearly $10 million for primary care expansion, technology
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health says it plans to use $9.6 million in New York State funding to further expand primary care services and improve

Southern Tier communities receive $19 million in downtown revitalization funding
Johnson City will receive $10 million in state Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding while the villages of Montour Falls and Waverly will each get $4.5 million

People news: Hartnett joins Indium Corp. as product manager
CLINTON, N.Y. — Amanda Hartnett has joined Indium Corporation as product manager for engineered solder materials (ESM). In her new role, Hartnett pursues market opportunities

Upstate Medical University, SUNY College of Optometry partner on extension-campus program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University on Tuesday said it would become an optometry campus extension program of the SUNY College of Optometry in

Coal-impacted Southern Tier communities eligible for grant funding
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Department of State announced the opening of applications for a share of up to $65 million in grant funding
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